Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off altogether.

I would give my life for a man who is looking for the truth. But I would gladly kill a man who thinks that he has found the truth.

The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.

The Cinema seems to have been invented to express the life of the subconscious, the roots of which penetrate poetry so deeply

Luis Bunuel's two semishort surrealist hand grenades (cowritten in varying degrees with Salvador Dali) make a double bill that can restore your faith in the subversions of youth. Pure Spanish-Parisian piss and vinegar.

I'm still an atheist, thank God.

Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers.